ABSTRACT
The name of the original site of the church, Llandeilo Tal-y-bont, describes its location next to a crossing point of the River Llwchwr. The name appears from as early as the mid-seventh century, in charters preserved in Liber Landavensis copied from the twelfth century. A team of specialists was assembled by the museum to advice on the reerection and refurbishment of the church. In addition to the museum's own curators, there were several external experts in the field of late medieval church architecture, liturgy and ecclesiastical history. The new wall paintings at St Teilo's have been executed using traditional secco painting techniques, in which powdered pigments were mixed with a casein binder to produce different coloured paints. One of the aims of the St Teilo's project has been to re-create for the visitor what it would have been like to enter a late medieval church.
